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Skirball Cultural Center. The Skirball Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, California.The center, named after philanthropist couple Jack H. Skirball and Audrey Skirball-Kenis, has a museum with regularly changing exhibitions, film events, music and theater performances, comedy, family, literary, and cultural programs.
The Center attracted some 300,000 visitors in its first year, and an ambitious expansion of its facilities, programs, and endowment ensued. By 2005, it had become one of the world's major Jewish cultural institutions. In 2013, the Skirball employed 169 full-time staff, operated on an $18 million annual budget, and managed a $150 million endowment.
Skirball Center may refer to: Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York This page was last edited on 31 ...
The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles originally housed The Skirball Museum. The museum collection moved to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles when the Center opened in 1996. The Skirball Cultural Center is independent of HUC, however, both organizations continue to collaborate on select programs and ...
NYU Skirball presents live events in genres ranging from dance, theater and performing arts to comedy, music and film. It is known for presenting international contemporary performing artists including Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, [2] Toshiki Okada, [3] Jérôme Bel, [4] and Forced Entertainment [5] as well as local artists such as Elevator Repair Service, [6] The Wooster Group, [7] Big Dance ...
Cynthia Miscikowski (born 1948) is an American politician who represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. . Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skirball Cultural Center in its beginning s
Stein has served as consultant, advisor, and board member for institutions as varied as The Walt Disney Company, Pixar, The World’s Jewish Museum of Tel Aviv, the Skirball Cultural Center, Jewish Story Partners, Facing History & Ourselves, the television series I Love Dick, and universities around the world. She is a frequent speaker and ...
Skirball Cultural Center, Jewish educational institution in California; Skirball Fire, wildfire This page was last edited on 25 June 2024, at 19:17 (UTC). Text ...